WESTPORT – It wasn’t a matter of getting ahead because the snow was still falling Tuesday morning, but town officials thought they were doing a pretty good job of staying even."People are snowed in," said Board of Selectmen Chairman Antone Vieira Jr. "We’re trying to get the roads clear. We’re staying on top of it."

Massachusetts was pounded by heavy snow and lashed by strong winds early Tuesday, but state officials reported fewer power outages than expected from the winter storm and no catastrophic flooding along the coastline.

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